ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

Post by artificialLimbs » Sat, Dec 26, 2020, 6:45 AM UTC

mckirk wrote: post #114

joseph_grobbles wrote: post #108

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It's a good deed that they broadcast this message? Why a rational human would broadcast this message- a) The penalties if there were deaths would be much, much more severe. The manpower involved in the hunt would be exponentially larger. b) They have some other goal that would be sabotaged if there were deaths. c) They have morality and can rationalize bombing buildings, but not killing people. This isn't a "good dee…

Isn't acting out of a sense of morality the definition of a 'good deed'? Granted, bombing stuff hardly classifies but if you decide it's necessary to bomb something, preventing unnecessary harm for moral reasons could still be seen as a 'good deed'.

Post by jeffbee » Sat, Dec 26, 2020, 6:50 AM UTC

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AT&T says that their services went down along with the gas & power in the area, as a side effect: the gas shutoff cut off their backup generators. That doesn't sound all that targeted.

While I'm only speculating, it could be quite possible that whoever may have wished to damage or destroy the AT&T building, seriously underestimated what these kind of buildings can take (essentially being disguised bunkers). This certainly wasn't a small explosion, from the looks of it. But taking out a bunker .. unless you have access to weapons specially build for that purpose, good luck. That AT&T still went down…

Post by NegativeLatency » Sat, Dec 26, 2020, 6:55 AM UTC

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sillysaurusx wrote: post #115

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Neural net synth would be even easier to trace. It’s quite hard to set up an aws account via untraceable currency and an untraceable phone. I did it when I was 25 or so, and it took about three weeks of planning and execution just to get the cards and phone. Given the sophistication of the attack, I wouldn’t say it’s impossible they have neural net experience. But as someone who spent a good chunk of time trying to g…

The same difficulty of anonymity arises with the RV itself, a very ostentatious vehicle that not only can be traced with ease, it can be tracked retroactively on virtually every street, every highway, etc. Regardless, for all we know the person isn't concerned with being caught (and may currently be deceased given that possible human remains have been found).

Post by adamjb » Sat, Dec 26, 2020, 6:57 AM UTC

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Let's not idolize crazy. Fascinating, yes. But supervillains have redeeming qualities. There's nothing redeeming about a car bomb.

Defined agree that this was a heinous act. But it seems this person or group of people took multiple measures (Christmas morning, gun shot sounds, verbal notice of intention) to make sure civilians had notice and time to get to a safe distance. Just seems a bit odd and unprecedented that an act like this was carried out with explicit intent to minimize civilian harm and casualties. Will be interesting to hear more ab…

Post by kitteh » Sat, Dec 26, 2020, 7:05 AM UTC

covercash wrote: post #130

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It honestly reminds me of something from an Ocean's movie, where they destroy some piece of infrastructure just to get past a security camera or something But the 5G conspiracist angle actually makes a ton of sense.

There’s always the option of disgruntled/fired employee out to destroy the company.